I haven't put much thought into this. If anyone has identified any resources that you would like me to tackle, please let me know. I'll probably go on an e-resource hunt either tonight or tomorrow.

Resources

I have tried searching for some resources, but I found that most of the available resources (that came up for me, anyway) were about students participating in extra-curricular activities. I wonder if the research will prove to be a bit difficult in that respect...?

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E-Sources - I know I'm not citing properly....just trying to find some potential resources
1. Concerns of Beginning Middle and Secondary School Teachers

Thomas, Beverly; Kiley, Margaret A.
http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_Search
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I don't know if this link actually works, but I have the file saved on my computer

3. Teacher Retention and Attrition-in Special and General Education - 1993

http://sed.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/27/2/137
Bonnie S. Billingsley

4. Support for Music Education: A Case Study of Issues Concerning Teacher Retention and Attrition
http://jrm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/50/1/6

Clifford K. Madsen, The Florida State University
Carl B. Hancock, The Florida State University
5. EIGHT QUESTIONS ON TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION: WHAT DOES THE RESEARCH SAY? (2005). MICHAEL B. ALLEN - I also have this downloaded on my computer


6. Attracting and Retaining Teachers in Rural Areas (1999) - on my computer
Timothy Collins


7. Teacher Attrition: Theory, Evidence, and Suggested Policy Options 1993
Sheila Nataraj Kirby, David W. Grissmer

8. Teacher retention: What is your weakest link - 2002 - India Podsen
http://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=brjKbyKsMrAC&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=teacher+retention+extracurricular&ots=J6V6I9Wb7f&sig=VaFcAi6D_VGNMxOLp7z7J2C5xP0#v=onepage&q=&f=false

9. Doing All the Right Things: Teacher Retention Issues (2008?)
Brown and Schainker


10. Teacher Stress and Burnout in Relation to //Extra//-//Curricular Involvement//
http://interact.uoregon.edu/pdf/edld/programs/masters/humansubjects/termprog5.pdf11.11.11. Educational Leadership - Easing the Way for New Teachers (FOCUS ON MENTORSHIP)
by Joan Montgomery Halford
http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/199236/chapters/Easing_the_Way_for_New_Teachers.aspx

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The development of scales to measure teacher and school executive occupational satisfaction

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet?Filename=Published/EmeraldFullTextArticle/Articles/0740410105.html

12. What do they Teach? (2001). Gerald J. Brunetti

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Teachers' perceptions of the fairness of their workload and their commitment, job satisfaction, and morale: Implications for teacher evaluation


http://www.springerlink.com/content/j77u57v132832564/



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The classroom music teacher – inspirations, aspirations and realities. The evidence from Northern Ireland


Brendan Drummond
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=68195

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Why Teachers Won't Teach

Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin, R. Scott Pfeifer, Deborah Swanson-Owens and Sylvia Yee
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20387676


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